A

SUCCINCT VIEW

OF THE

HISTORY OF MORTMAIN;

AND THE

STATUTES

RELATIVE TO

Charitable Uses;

WITH

A FULL EXPOSITION

OF

THE LAST STATUTE OF MORTMAIN,

9 GEO. II. c. 36. AND ITS SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS:

COMPRISING THE LAW AS IT NOW STANDS RELATIVE TO DEVISES, BEQUESTS, VISITATION,
LEASES, TAXES, AND OTHER INCIDENTS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

PUBLIC CHARITIES.

THE SECOND EDITION,

WITH MANY ADDITIONAL CASES, AND SEVERAL NOT HITHERTO REPORTED.

BY ANTHONY HIGHMORE, GENT.

"Ita semper quod pia et celeberrima voluntas donatorum in omnibus teneatur
et expleatur et perpetuo sanctissime perseveret."

St. de Templariis, 17 Ed. II. 8 Co. 131.

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J. COOKE, ORMOND-QUAY, DUBLIN.

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A-BOD

ard:

RT. HON. SIR WILLIAM GRANT, M. P.